Indian contingent in a dominating position at Asian Junior Squash

The Indian contingent put up an impressive show at the Asian Junior Squash tournament in Jordan with Tushar Shahani, Neel Joshi, Yuvraj Wadhwani advancing to the semi-finals. Meanwhile, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Ashita Pranaya Bhengra were amongst the girls to qualify for the semi-finals.

With a clutch of players in the semi-final, India's hopes of a good show rose in the ongoing Asian junior individual squash championship here on Friday.

Nonetheless, the one big disappointment for India came with the exit of second seed Abhay Singh in the boys' U-19 section in the quarterfinal, losing to Pakistan's Mansoor Zaman, the 5/8 seed in five games. The Indian had led by twogames before slipping. The Pakistan player won 8-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-9. Among the others mention has to be made of Yoshna Singh, the only unseeded among the lot to reach the semi-final. The highly promising girl made short work of a higher ranked Hong Kong player and there is hope of more from her.